204 FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 



343. Butco latissimus ( HV/x.). BKOAD-WINOED HAWK. Ail. 

 Upper parts dark grayish brown or fuscous, more or less margined with t>uffy 

 and rufous: three outer primaries "notched" and without odtlMMnM-bttfl 



markings; tail fus- 

 cous, \vitli two burs 

 und tlie tip grayish 

 white ; under parts 

 heavily burred with 

 brownish nehraeeous- 



Fio. TO.-Three-notched primaries of Broad-winged butl - /; "' "" Upper 

 Hawk. (Reduced.) parts like the pre- 



crdinir : tail grayish 



brown, with three to five indistinct black bare and a narrow whitish tip; 

 under part* white or bully white, streaked nnd spotted with fuscous. & I,., 

 15-89; W., 1<K.": T.. |TJ 1',. from N., -70. 9 L., H'.-Vf.; W., 11-41: T., 7-"'.'. 



Remarks. Compared with the other member* of this genus, the thne 

 "notched" primariea and email MZU arc the iirineii>al characters of this 

 Ilawk. 



Range. Breeds throughout eastern North America, from New Brunswick 

 southward. 



Washington, not common W. V., rare 8. R. Sing Sing, tolerably common 

 8. K., Mcli. 15 to Oct. 23. Cambridge, T. V., sometimes common in Sept.; 

 rare in spring. 



Nett, in trees, twenty-five to fifty feet from the ground. Eggs^ two to four, 

 dull white or bully white spotted, blotched, or washed with ochraccou*-hulF 

 or cinnamon-brown, 2-10 x 1-CO. 



"Of all our Hawks, this >perir> s. cms to be the most unsuspicious. 

 often allowing a person to approach within a few yards of it. and 

 when startled flics but a short distance before it alights again. Dur- 

 ing the early summer the Broad-winged Hawk often may be seen sit- 

 ting for hours on the dead top of sonic high tree. At oilier times it 

 is found on the smaller trees in the deep woods, along streams, or on 

 the ground, where its food is more often procured. Although slug- 

 gish and unusually heavy in its flight, it is capable of rapid motion, 

 and sometimes soars high in the air. One of its notes resembles quite 

 closely that of the Wood Pewee. . . . 



"Of 65 stomachs examined, 2 contained small birds; 1/5. mice: 13, 

 other mammals: 11, reptiles; i:). batrachiiins : 80, insects; 2, earth- 

 worms; 4, crawfish; and 7 were empty" (Fisher). 



344. Buteo brachyurus Vi<-',ll. SHOUT - T.UT.KH HAWK. Ad. 

 1'ppcr parts slaty gray or fuscous grayish brown: forehead whitish; tail 

 barred with black and narrowly tipped with white, its under surface grayish; 

 sides of the breast with some rufous-brown markings; rest of the under parts 

 pure white. Im. Similar, but upper parts browner and margined with 

 cream-buff; under parts washed with cream-buff; no rufous-brown on the 

 breast. Dark phate. Fuseous-black. with a slight metallic luster : forehend 



